LAKE TOHO

Some residents have been returning to their homes in St. Cloud after a voluntary evacuation was issued by officials earlier in the week.

CLOUD, Fla. — Lake Toho and East Lake Toho are expected to crest on Friday, more than a week after Hurricane Ian dumped over a foot of rain in Central Florida. People who stayed in their homes after Hurricane Ian hit last week have watched the water levels slowly rise. Read: ‘We’re not going to have anything’: Lake Toho to crest soon, causing more issues for Jade Isles“I live in the middle of a lake,” she said. Cloud and in the aftermath of Ian, she has watched as levels in East Lake Toho have continued to rise and creep up toward her home. The city says East Lake Toho should crest at 61 feet sometime Friday, but with water continuing to rise, officials have asked about 4,000 people to evacuate.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Lake Toho and East Lake Toho are expected to crest by Friday, a worrying prospect for people at the Jade Isles mobile home community in Saint Cloud, just southeast of East Lake Toho. Catherine McGowan said not once in her 11 years at Jade Isles has she felt this forgotten about. “I feel displaced, I feel like nobody has done anything for Jade Isles,” she said. “Everything is going to be a total loss, which means we’re not going to have anything,” she said. READ: Seminole County opens FEMA assistance sites for Hurricane Ian damageThe city has also asked 4,000 to evacuate, but McGowan is sticking around.

Officials search for a missing boater on Lake Toho. CLOUD, Fla. - Florida wildlife officers said Monday afternoon the body of a missing boater who disappeared in Lake Toho at the St. Officials said the boater ended up in the lake around 8 p.m. Sunday. Around 2 p.m. FHP officials said the body was recovered by the FHP Dive Team. Officials search for a missing boater on Lake Toho.